Yuanmao recruited men and strong women over the age of thirteen, and the number exceeded 7,000. So far, anyone in Guangning City who can lift a sword or move a stone will participate in the battle. , They will not go directly to the city wall to defend against the enemy, but do all the logistical preparations.
Among the team, Yuan Mao saw Yuan Weiling shrinking his head. He frowned, pointed at Yuan Weiling: "Come out for me."
Yuan Weiling reluctantly stood up.
Yuan Mao said seriously: "What are you doing here?"
"Join the battle."
"Nonsense, who will take care of your mother?"
"Mother asked me to come." Yuan Weiling said confidently, "Mother said she doesn't need to take care of her, so let me help father."
"you… "
Yuan Weiling puffed up her chest: "Father, I am much stronger than ordinary women, even if I am asked to fight the enemy, I will not be afraid."
Yuan Sikong tugged at Yuanmao's sleeve: "Father, this is the time to employ people. The eldest sister is smart and quick, and she will definitely be able to help. Besides, they are just transporting supplies and there will be no danger."
Yuan Mao said with a sullen face: "Ling'er, you are not allowed to act recklessly, and everything is subject to dispatch."
"Don't worry, dad." Yuan Weiling stuck out his tongue, "Lord Qianhu."
Yuan Mao led Yuan Shaoxu and Yuan Sikong into the house: "Konger, you just said that you have a plan to retreat from the enemy?"
Yuan Sikong nodded.
The three of them walked up to the huge map lying on the table, and Yuan Mao supported the case with both hands: "Let's talk."
"Zuo Letai made a big mistake." Yuan Sikong said straight to the point.
"Oh, what's wrong?"
"He didn't siege the city." Yuan Sikong said, "Of course, he didn't make this mistake on purpose, it was a helpless act."
Yuan Mao stared at the map: "Yes, Guangning's topography, current climate and many reasons prevented him from besieging the city. Of course, there is another reason, I am afraid that he underestimated the enemy."
Before Zhuo Letai entered Guangning, he had taken four thousand prisoners from the Cheng army. Naturally, he knew that there was no shortage of food and clothing in the city of Guangning. The most important thing in besieging the city was that the defenders had no worries about food and grass and the attackers came from afar, because the defenders were not afraid of the siege at all. And the attacker can't afford it at all.
In addition, there is a mountain canal around Guangning City, and there is not enough open area for the horses, cattle and sheep brought by Zhuo Letai to graze. If it is cold today and there is no pasture, no matter whether it is eaten by humans or animals, it must be eaten by oneself In this way, Zhuo Letai did not dare to divide his troops to besiege the city easily, lest the food and fodder would be attacked.
In fact, choosing this season to fight is a big taboo for military strategists, but Zhuo Letai has no choice. If Huangshui does not freeze, they will not be able to survive. This move is also extremely difficult.
Of course, as Yuan Mao said, Zhuo Letai also suspected that he underestimated the enemy. He probably never thought that a small town with two or three thousand defenders could resist to such a degree.
So he didn't besiege the city, so that Li Boyun could go to the capital to ask for help. Even if he wanted to surround him now, he couldn't.
Yuan Sikong said: "The scouts said that although Zhuo Letai did not siege the city, he has set up a checkpoint to monitor Guangning's every move at any time. However, there must be omissions in the checkpoint, especially when the night is dark and the wind is high."
"You mean..." Yuan Mao pondered, "Want to leave the city?"
Yuan Sikong nodded.
Yuan Shaoxu frowned and said: "If you go out of the city at this time, if you are caught by the golden man, you will not be sent to death?"
"Being held in the city by a golden man is also a death." Yuan Sikong's eyes were calm and focused beyond his age, "My plan is to send a group of dead soldiers to hide it on a snowy night. Checkpoint, go around to the back of the Golden Army's camp, and when Zhuo Letai attacks the city, sneak attack his camp and food!"
Yuan Mao took a deep breath and said slowly, "This plan is very dangerous."
"Yeah, it's too risky." Yuan Shaoxu said, "Who to send and how many people to send? We don't have enough to defend the city, how to divide the troops? If these people are accidentally discovered, they will definitely go and never return."
"Father, brother, let's listen to Kong'er in detail." Yuan Sikong picked up a chess piece with two fingers, and gently dropped it between Guangning City and the Jin Army camp, "Choose three hundred dead soldiers and lead them for seven days. With rations, firecrackers and kerosene, take advantage of the snowy night to leave Guangning, escape the checkpoint, go around to the rear of the Jinying, and lay in ambush." He pushed the chess piece with his fingers and slid to the back of the Jinying, "Wait When Zhuo Letai attacked the city, the camp must have been weakly defended. The dead soldiers took advantage of the opportunity to attack the camp, disturbed the cattle and sheep with firecrackers, and burned their food and grass with kerosene. Absolutely go back to save food, so that the crisis in Guangning will be temporarily relieved." He finally pushed the chess piece into the Jinying.
Yuan Shaoxu said: "This plan is quite difficult, I'm afraid it won't work. As you said, even if it succeeds, it's only a temporary solution. What if Zhuo Letai settled down and came back again?"
"When Zhuo Letai retreats, we have to observe. If the retreat is orderly and the banners are not chaotic, it proves that he has led the troops well. He will definitely send cavalry first and return to the rescue camp. He will lead the elite soldiers and kill the rear. Then we will lightly ride and lead the fire." Go out of the city, chase after them, and attack the hinterland of their infantry or siege soldiers while their cavalry is not there. It doesn't matter how many enemies they kill, but they must disrupt their formation; Attacking the tail army, the Jin army failed to attack the city twice, suffered heavy losses, and their morale was already low. Now that the battalion has been attacked before, and there are pursuers behind, the army's morale must be broken."
Yuan Mao nodded: "Go ahead."
Yuan Sikong narrowed his eyes, and a gleam of cold light flashed: "The next step is to drive Zhuo Letai back to the barbarian land."
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Li Boyun sacrificed his life for righteousness and won a full twelve days for the Guangning Guard.
Within twelve days, they stepped up military training, repaired walls, hoarded wartime supplies, and mobilized the whole city.
When the army of Zhuo Letai was pressing down on the land, those who still had a way out had already fled first, and those who remained were mostly poor people whose wealth was tied to the land. They could not leave the land they depended on, so they had nowhere You can go, fate and the city are in one continuous line.
Yuanmao sent soldiers to go door-to-door to encourage them to donate all iron tools, knives and kerosene, and conscript all young men and women into the army. Li Boyun used his own life to inspire the determination of the soldiers to live and die with the city. Yuan Mao told the people of Guangning that as long as the top and bottom are united, they will be united.
The whole of Guangning is desperate. The 40,000 people in the city have money and strength to contribute, just to protect their common hometown.
When Zhuo Letai raised his troops to attack the city for the third time, everyone was determined to die and did things to survive.
As the army approached, a gust of wind blew away the snow and fog, and the vision became clear.
I saw bloody human heads sticking out of the forest of long spears!
The guards in the city were terrified, they were obviously four thousand prisoners of the Cheng army!
What made them extremely sad and indignant was that the top of Zhuo Letai's banner was stuck with the head of Li Boyun, Governor of Liaodong!
That Cang Xue's hair danced wildly under the north wind, I don't know if I heard the mourning of the people in Liaodong.
Yuan Sikong stood beside Yuan Mao, and could almost hear the sound of Yuan Mao's fist clenched.
His nose was slightly sore, and the picture of Li Boyun riding away peacefully on a horse, his thin figure gradually blurred in the wind and snow, appeared in his mind. The sky and the earth were uniform that day, and the snow and fog messed up the universe. He seemed to disappear in a fairyland.